Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) search.php and (2) topics.php for Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlite parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Invision Power Board (IP.Board) < 2.0.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-43824 · webapps · May 5, 2015
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 15265 third-party-advisory
- 16298 vdb-entry
- 13534 vdb-entry
- 20050506 Multiple Vulnerabilities In Invision Power Board mailing-list
- 1013907 vdb-entry
- ADV-2005-0487 vdb-entry
- http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=168016
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00073-05052005
- invision-powerboard-highlite-xss(20445) vdb-entry